Carolina Science Café with Morehead Planetarium and Science Center: Harry Potter and the Genetics of Wizarding

POSTED BYJody Mace

The first Wednesday of every month, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center invites the public to the free Carolina Science Café, its science awareness program. Designed for adults, this program explores the science topics making national and international headlines and offers the chance to meet the experts behind the headlines.

You don’t need to register…just show up!

Each Carolina Science Cafe features an expert presentation and informal discussion. These programs are held at Top of the Hill restaurant‘s “Back Bar,” which offers a relaxed environment to explore fascinating science topics. Beverages are available from Top of the Hill’s menu, and free appetizers – while they last – are provided by Sigma Xi.

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Harry Potter and the Genetics of Wizarding Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 6 p.m. BackBar at Top of the Hill

Join us a BackBar in downtown Chapel Hill as biologist Eric Spana’s deconstructs the laws of genetics that J.K. Rowling sets up in her blockbuster Harry Potter books. How can two Muggles give birth to a Wizard? Two wizards, to a Squib? We’ll take genetics to a whole new Hogwartian level at this month’s Carolina Science Cafe!

Note: This event takes place at a bar.

More about Eric: https://biology.duke.edu/people/eric-p-spana

Each Carolina Science Cafe features an expert presentation and informal discussion. These programs are held at Top of the Hill restaurant’s “Back Bar,” which offers a relaxed environment to explore fascinating science topics. Beverages are available from Top of the Hill’s menu, and free appetizers – while they last – are provided by Sigma Xi.

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